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Unicef: 50 children killed in two days by Israeli strikes in Lebanon
27 September 2024 13:26 BST
The UN agency for children has said that 50 children have been killed in the span of two days by Israeli attacks in Lebanon.
In a post on X, the agency said that the number of children killed per day in Israel's bombing campaign on Lebanon this week is "more than double the number of children killed per day during the country’s devastating 2006 conflict."
According to the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health, an estimated 400 children, around 12 a day were killed during the 2006 conflict.
The escalation in recent days in Lebanon has killed and injured thousands, spurred mass displacement, caused extensive damage to infrastructure and instilled an unimaginable fear in the daily lives of people.
— UNICEF Lebanon (@UNICEFLebanon) September 27, 2024